jmr0311

Nope, is not there. So I dont have to worry about system performance in Linux. Yesterday I was trying to install this "j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586.rpm" following a reply from a member of this forum ( Frequently Asked Questions & How-to's forum) in my computer but when I executed the file kconsole told me that I have a newer version in the system already. Then I follow all the other instructions but I think I did something wrong when I ran this code: cd /usr/bin rm java javac jar ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java java Because now the system seems to be slower rendering pages in the internet, I maybe delusional but I will like to have just some reassurance that everything is okay in my system. Javi

Hi LiquidZoo, I did as you said and type bit and hit <tab> and kconsole complete with "bitmap". Then I try the variant Bit and nothing happen just the computer beep and it give me some kind of message in the bottom of my screen. While I'm here LiquidZoo, I will like to ask you something. In Linux, Is there any type of maintenance that needs to be done, as far as deleting "tmp files", "erasing cache", this kinds of stuff that from time to time bug down your systems and make them slow. Maybe disk defragment, I'm very rookie when we talk about Linux, so I need some guidance from the Gurus in this forum. Javi

Thank you for all your help guys. When I type this : (rpm -i BitDefender-Console-Antivirus-7.0.1-3.linux-gcc3x.i586.rpm ), the kconsole says that the program is already installed. Then I was trying to find it in the directory you mention /usr/bin but nothing with BitDefender name is in that directory. What else can I do? Javi

This is a sample of what I was trying to do, I wan it to install an antivirus into Linux. I found Bitdefender antivurus and decide to download the file. Yhis is where the file end up in my computer /home/jmr0311. When I open that directory I see a file with this description "BitDefender-Console-Antivirus-7.0.1-3.linux-gcc3x.i586.rpm" . This is I beleive the executable. What I did was double click the file and then I saw some activity that apparently looks like the installation was in progress but at the end nothing remotly close to Bitdefender was place in my computer, like an icon to open the application so I can configure it, etc. In the case of the java plug-in, this is a description of the file "j2sdk-1_4_2_04-nb-3_6-bin-linux.bin" and when I execute this one nothing happen. Any suggestion with specific are very welcome guys. What is the correct way to execute this files, so I can do the installation. Give me some advice in how to write the command line, please. Javi

Thank you LiquidZoo for the kindly advice, that's exactly how my lLilo.conf looks like and is working perfectly. Javi

Hi LiquidZoo, Which entries should I keep showing on the screen and which ones should I comment out. And also can you show me how my lilo.conf whould looks like with the lines comments out ( # ) so I have a better idea in what to do and don't leave anything out. Hi cannonfodder, When I execute this " cp lilo.conf lilo.bkup", where this backup file is going to be place, and also to you, which entries should I delete. Javi

Hi LiquidZoo, I was able to do the changes to my Lilo.conf successfully, thank's for your kind help. I saw for the first time the Lilo boot up screen and it doesn't look pretty. It shows all of this entries in the screen: linux-i686-up-4GB ( apparently this one is to boot Mandrake Linux partition) linux linux nonfb 263-7 failsafe windows ( Apparently this one is to boot Windows XP partition) windows2 floppy Do I need all this mess in that screen, or there is anything I can do to prevent Lilo from showing this entries in the booting screen. Also, Can I change the name Lilo display in this screen to make it more friendly to the user. The only ones I will like to keep is the ones for mandrake linux partiton and windows XP partition. The windows2 entry is a second ntfs hard drive I have in my machiine that I use for data storage. Javi

I want to add some lines to Lilo.conf file in my Mandrake linux 10.0. Apparentlly Lilo in my system is lacking some lines that are preventing him from prompting the booting screen that shows the OS systems that are booting in my computer. I have windows XP and Mandrake linux 10. I need specifics on how to change permissions to access this file, also the commands I need to execute to perform this task, also where should I perform this task within my linux system, etc. Sorry for being so annoyance, I'm a complete newbie with just hours of experience in Linux. This is how Lilo.conf looks like in my system: /etc/lilo.conf file : boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map VGA=NORMAL # Add line to set the resolution for the booting screen default="linux-i686-up-4GB" keytable=/boot/us.klt PROMPT # Add line to ask Lilo to prompt the booting screen nowarn TIMEOUT=100 # Add line to force a delay before Lilo loads the default system ( Linux ) message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB label="linux-i686-up-4GB" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="263-7" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hdb1 label="windows2" table=/dev/hdb map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Any suggestions are very welcome, Thank's Javi [moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman]